diff --git a/ackwork/ackwork_test.go b/ackwork/ackwork_test.go
index a02d2231878cbbb999b1e5acbb44c9b038bedd58..36826be6d95c47c2aa20319c12b21facd972ea17 100644
--- a/ackwork/ackwork_test.go
+++ b/ackwork/ackwork_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ini_temp 0.5
 final_temp 0.05
 x_ini 7,1,7
 n_step 100000
-fOutName testreal`
+fOutName ""`
 
 // These values seem to work well. There is something of a phase
 // transition near temperature 0.09. Good values for an optimisation
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestPlot(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSetSuffix (t *testing.T) {
+func TestSetSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 	var tdata = []struct {
 		in, suffix, want string
 	}{
@@ -144,24 +144,47 @@ func TestSetSuffix (t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range tdata {
-		if tmp, err := SetSuffix (s.in, s.suffix); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal ("setSuffix error handling", s)
+		if tmp, err := SetSuffix(s.in, s.suffix); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("setSuffix error handling", s)
 		} else {
 			if tmp != s.want {
-				t.Fatal ("Wanted", s.want, "got", tmp, "working on", s)
+				t.Fatal("Wanted", s.want, "got", tmp, "working on", s)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRemoveQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	var tdata = []struct {
+		in, out string
+	} {
+		{"hello", "hello"},
+		{"", ""},
+		{`"`,  ""},
+		{`""`, ""},
+		{`"""`, ""},
+		{`""a"`, "a"},
+		{`""aa"`, "aa"},
+		{`""a""`, "a"},
+		{`"a"`, "a"},
+		{`a"`, "a"},
+		{`a""`, "a"},
+	}
+	for _, ss := range tdata {
+		if out := RemoveQuotes (ss.in); out != ss.out {
+			t.Fatalf ("Wanted <%s>, got <%s>. Input was <%s>", ss.out, out, ss.in)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Check that errors are generated
-func TestSetSuffixErr (t *testing.T) {
-	var tdata = []struct {in, suffix string}{
+func TestSetSuffixErr(t *testing.T) {
+	var tdata = []struct{ in, suffix string }{
 		{"", ""},
-		{".", ""} }
+		{".", ""}}
 	for _, s := range tdata {
-		if _, err := SetSuffix (s.in, s.suffix); err == nil {
-			t.Fatal ("setSuffix should return error on", s)
+		if _, err := SetSuffix(s.in, s.suffix); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("setSuffix should return error on", s)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ackwork/dorun.go b/ackwork/dorun.go
index 9bae7669b15d4eb6c3a962bfb6dfb31ecba643b3..ad540e92f6d2f1b7757d02f83f4af93f28f49eff 100644
--- a/ackwork/dorun.go
+++ b/ackwork/dorun.go
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ func doRun(mcPrm *mcPrm) error {
 		}
 		newx(x, xT, cprm.rand, xDlta)
 		fTrial = ackley.Ackley(xT)
-
 		if fTrial <= fOld {
 			accept = true
 		} else {